History
Ehaus first began to provide commercial web services in 1996, with the launch of The Book Pl@ce, an online bookshop built around the Book Data (now Nielsen Bookdata) bibliographic database and system software developed in house.
Replying to demand from the market for cost-efficient and reliable web solutions for the book trade, Ehaus developed The Book Pl@ce system software for use as the backbone for a growing family of individually branded web sites designed for publishers which shared a core functionality.
As our reputation grew, so did demand for specialist online books services from the industry. In developing web sites for a diverse range of customers, the palette of software solutions and services offered by Ehaus grew, as did its client list, which included not only publishers but booksellers, library suppliers and High Street retailers.
This breadth of experience in developing web applications with large data sets, led to an expansion into areas outside of the book trade.
In April 2004, Ehaus left the Nielsen Bookdata family, following a management buy out. The newly independent company then relocated to North Kensington, and all web server hardware was moved to a co-location facility in Docklands.
The company later secured investment from Bibliographic Data Services (BDS), the UK's leading supplier of bibliographic information to libraries. Ehaus's directors are Matthew Pollock and James Henson.
